1.0.0-Beta25

December 13, 2024

BoxLang Beta 25 Has Landed!

This release takes BoxLang to the next level, delivering a mix of critical bug fixes, thoughtful improvements, and exciting new features designed to enhance your development experience. With Beta25, we’ve solidified and made the ASM ByteCode BoxPiler the default compiler, refined module, and logging management, and added long-requested query of queries and JSON-based logging encoders. Additionally, we’ve tackled critical issues around debugging, compatibility, and system settings to make this the most stable and feature-complete beta yet.

At this point, we have a handful of small bugs open, which will completely certify all of the major Ortus frameworks like ColdBox, ContentBox, and over 50 modules. Complete certification is around the corner.

As a bonus, we are almost ready to release our Hibernate ORM module (bx-orm) and move into a Release Candidate phase for our entire lineup. So please test test test, and give us your feedback.

✨ New Features

• : createObject() now supports classloading arguments as the third argument.

Easily manage and control classloading with arguments to enhance flexibility and modularity.

createObject( "java", "HelloWorld", [ "/libs/paths" ]

• : Dynamic Task Management in Schedulers

Added startupTask(task) to dynamically initialize tasks by name or task object.

• : JSON-based Logging Support

Appenders and root configurations now include JSON encoders for enhanced logging formats.

• : Improved Scheduler Logging

Scheduler logs are now effectively reported to provide better insights.

• : Enhanced Module Logging

Modules now have dedicated logs to improve debugging and diagnostics.

Introduced a new lifecycle event for IServices to optimize configuration handling.

Assignments now accurately interpret null variables for better compatibility.

Added statusPrinterOnLoad for much-needed debugging of logging configurations.

🛠 Improvements

Improved handling of methods that don’t expect return values for better consistency.

Added missing controls for session cookie management to improve security and compliance.

Added line number details to bytecode generated with ASM for improved debugging.

Streamlined the toolchain by making ASM the only default stock BoxPiler.

Updated replaceAll() methods to use pre-compiled patterns for better performance.

Consolidated logging startups and configurations for both servlet and non-servlet environments.

Introduced implicit mapping support for more intuitive path management.

Modules can now be enabled or disabled using enabled in boxlang.json, removing double negatives like disabled.

A new module for handling forms was added, enhancing the BoxLang ecosystem.

Allowed reassignment of a scope to a struct for more flexible programming.

Prefixed methods to prevent naming collisions for safer execution.

Added defensive coding for module unloading failures to ensure runtime stability.

Resolved inconsistencies by ensuring collectors return Struct objects.

Enhanced module class loaders to delegate certain parent classes to the parent loader exclusively.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• ASM and Debugging Fixes:

• Localization and Formatting Issues:

• Parsing Errors:

• Thread and Scope Resolution Bugs:

• Miscellaneous:

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